Capacity Leveling Using the Capacity Scheduling Table

In the Capacity Scheduling Table, only bottleneck operations that are assigned to a pacemaker work center are considered. You define a work center of a routing as a pacemaker work center by assigning it to the production version.

In the order list of the Capacity Scheduling Table, the bottleneck operations of the selected orders are listed.

For each order further detailed information can be displayed. For example, the following information can be shown: Material to be produced, source of supply (production version), quantity, pacemaker work center, capacity required for the bottleneck operation, bottleneck operation, status (dispatched or not dispatched), operation dates, receipt dates, requirement dates, and overdue operations.

The selected orders can be filtered according to various criteria. For example, you can use the following filters: Work center, product, horizon, and status.

In the order list, you can select several orders (respectively their bottleneck operations) and dispatch or deallocate them. The orders are dispatched according to the settings in the planning strategy.

For an order, only the bottleneck operation is dispatched to the pacemaker work center. The dates of the other operations in the order are adjusted in midpoint scheduling.

Individual orders can be rescheduled. For several orders, the schedules can be realigned.

For individual orders, you can navigate to a detailed order view in which you can analyze and dispatch orders on a more individual basis.

Furthermore, from the order list you can navigate to the graphical Schedule Overview and to the display of individual orders.

In the Schedule Overview, the bottleneck operations of the selected orders are displayed graphically on the time axis. The operations are represented by different graphic symbols depending on the order type and status.

Orders (respectively their bottleneck operations) are dispatched according to the settings in the planning strategy. In the planning strategy, planning mode, scheduling control, and planning direction are defined.

In the order list, you can select several orders (respectively their bottleneck operations) and dispatch them. The orders are dispatched according to the settings in the planning strategy. The status changes accordingly.

In the same way, orders can also be deallocated.

The figure above describes the principle of dispatching several orders in planning mode Bucket. In our example, infinite scheduling in forward direction is also set in the strategy.

In the example, the bottleneck operations with their capacity requirements are displayed as graphic symbols on the time axis for better illustration. However, such a graphical display is not available in the Schedule Production app.

In planning mode Bucket, the operations are dispatched to daily buckets. The system tries to keep the planned dates of the operations. If the sum of the requirements of all operations would exceed the available capacity of the bucket when dispatching an operation, the operation is rescheduled in the planning direction.

In planning mode Bucket, the operations are not dispatched one after the other in a sequence. Therefore, operations can overlap after dispatching.

The figure above describes the principle of dispatching several orders in planning mode Sequence. In planning mode Sequence, the operations are dispatched in sequence.

Order View: Sourcing and Dispatching in Planning ModeBucket

For an individual order, you can navigate to a detailed order view.

In the order section, the following information is displayed for the bottleneck operation: Required capacity, planned operation dates, and status.

In planning mode Bucket, in the Sourcing section, the available capacities of the available sources of supply (production versions) are displayed in daily buckets.

You can select a source of supply and a bucket with sufficient capacity and dispatch the operation to this bucket.

You can display the orders dispatched to a certain bucket. If necessary, you can then deallocate orders.

Order View: Sourcing and Dispatching in Planning ModeSequence

In planning mode Sequence, in the Sourcing & Scheduling section, time slots with sufficient and/or overlapping capacity are displayed.

You can select a source of supply and a time slot with sufficient capacity and dispatch the operation to this time slot.

Unlike buckets, the available capacity in a time slot is displayed to the second, taking into account operations that have already been dispatched. In this way, the operations are dispatched in sequence without overlapping with other operations.

In planning mode Sequence, in the Sourcing & Scheduling section, time slots with overlapping capacity, that is, overlapping orders, can be displayed. If necessary, you can deallocate or reschedule orders.

In planning mode Sequence, in the Sourcing & Scheduling section, the current operation dates and the required operation dates are displayed. The required operation dates are the dates that would have to be met in order to supply the requirement on time. In the figure you can see an operation that is currently late.

In the order list, you can reschedule individual orders. Depending on the planning direction, you can specify a new start or end date.

In the order list, you can realign the schedules of selected operations. By specifying an offset, starting from the current time, a new dispatching date is determined for the operations.

Watch the following video to learn how to dispatch Orders in the Capacity Scheduling Table.

Watch the folllowing video to learn how to dispatch Individual Orders in the Bucket Planning Mode.

Watch the following video to learn how to dispatch Individual Orders in the Sequence Planning Mode.